Updated: February 2008

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, has signed an agreement with Faisal Bin Qassim Al-Thani & Sons Holding Company W.L.L to manage the Shangri-La Hotel, Doha, opening 2009. Following the successful launch of its first three properties in the region, the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai in July 2003, Traders Hotel, Dubai in July 2004, and Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa, Muscat in February 2006.

The five-star, 44-storey Shangri-La Hotel, Doha will be centrally located in the commercial heart of Doha, and adjacent to one of the biggest shopping and entertainment complexes in the world as well as to a large convention and exhibition centre.

Developed by Al Rayan Tourism Development Company W.L.L., the hotel will have 272 luxurious guest rooms with wireless LAN and high-speed Internet access, 42 serviced apartments, and a variety of restaurants including a lobby lounge, sports bar, all day dining restaurant, Argentine, seafood and Chinese restaurant. The recreation facilities will include a health club and spa, whilst its meeting facilities will feature a grand ballroom of 900 square metres and other function rooms occupying 610 square metres. In addition, the hotel will have a helipad on the top floor of the building welcoming the arrival of VIP guests.

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, currently manages 55 hotels under the five-star Shangri-La and four-star Traders brands, with a rooms inventory of over 28,000.  The group has over 50 projects under development in Austria, Canada, mainland China, France, India, Japan, Macau, Maldives, Philippines, Qatar, Seychelles, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at www.shangri-la.com.

For digitised pictures of the group's hotels, please go to http://www.shangri-la.com/imagelibrary